Main Business Robust; Profitability Improved Yoy
发布时间:2024-08-28 来源:华泰金融(HK)
Revenue/attributable NP grew robustly in 1H24; maintain BUY
Comix Group’s (Comix) 1H24 revenue/attributable net profit (NP)/recurring NP came to RMB4,997/95/92mn (up 12.22/17.55/25.03% yoy). Its attributable NP growth rate was lower than its recurring NP growth rate, which we attribute to asset and credit impairments of RMB38mn in 1H24. For 2Q24, its revenue/attributable NP were RMB2,807/45mn (up 10.39/25.68% yoy). In view of sustained adjustments in the cloud video business, we lower our revenue estimates for Comix, and project 2024/2025/2026 attributable NP at RMB221/276/340mn (previous: RMB242/304/379mn), corresponding to EPS of RMB0.31/0.38/0.47. We value the stock at 17x 2024E PE, in line with its peers’ average on Wind consensus, for our target price of RMB5.27 (previous: RMB7.48). BUY.
B2B main business robust; sales of self-owned brand up
Comix’s 1H24 revenue from B2B office products and new stationery business was RMB4,970mn (+12.71% yoy) and NP was RMB146mn (+22.7% yoy), mainly because: 1) the B2B business still focused on large and high-quality customers (ie, central SOE enterprises, central financial institutions, governments, and the largest 500 companies worldwide). Comix continued to record leading sales among its core big customers, maintained active client development, and saw order backlog rise steadily; and 2) Comix strengthened customer development, product promotion, and all-channel product value chain management online and offline for its self-owned stationery brands, which enhanced self-owned brand business sales in 1H24. In addition, the internet SaaS revenue for 1H24 dipped 37.62% yoy to RMB27mn, with loss in NP widening by 34.21% yoy to RMB-51mn, chiefly due to the soft performance of the Hao Shi Tong business.
Cementing advantages in main business; secured multiple projects
Per its 1H24 results report, China’s enterprise product procurement totaled c. RMB175.4tn in 2023 (+1.1% yoy), with the value of digital procurement at c. RMB17.2tn (+15.2% yoy), implying an online penetration of 9.8% and pointing to huge market potential. In 1H24, Comix secured multiple volume-based procurement projects in fields like office administrative supplies and MRO industrial products from the likes of China Southern Power Grid, China Huaneng, China Railway, Genertec, and Industrial Bank. Of the 97 central SOE enterprises, Comix now serves over 50%. With stepped-up existing and new client development, we expect its B2B main business to grow robustly going forward.
Risks: slower demand recovery; disappointing customers development; more intense competition in cloud video market.